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{{otheruses|The Reach}}
{{Road
| image          = [[Novularond.jpg]]
| caption        = The Reach circa [[1358 DR]].
| name           = Reach
| type           = Trail
| aliases        = "The Reach"
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| location       = [[Northeast Faerûn]]
| starts         = [[Vaasa]], [[Cold Lands]]
| ends           = [[Uldfest]], [[Sossal]], [[Cold Lands]]
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| refs           =<ref name="DunMag.177-p81"/><ref name="2e-atlas-p6-7"/> 
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| usethe         = yes
| linkname       = Reach (trail)
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| locations      = Locations on the Reach (trail)
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}}'''The Reach''' was a trail that ran from [[Vaasa]] through the [[Great Glacier]] to [[Sossal]].<ref name="2e-atlas-p6-7">{{Cite book/The Forgotten Realms Atlas|6-7}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Reach originated in Vaasa, where it diverged from the road between [[Nigel's Ford]] and [[Palischuk]]. The trail went west through the [[Cinnabar Wastes]] and then north through the [[Lugsaas Chain]] mountains via the [[Ice Run]].<ref name="DunMag.177-p81">{{Cite dungeon/177/Realmslore: Vaasa|81}}</ref> During the mid-to-late 14{{th}} century [[DR]], this was where the trail entered the Great Glacier;<ref name="tBL-map">{{Cite book/The Bloodstone Lands/Map}}</ref> however, this area was free of the ice as of the late 15{{th}} century DR.<ref name="DunMag.177-p81" />

Beyond the [[Lugsaas Chain]], the trail forked. A western path led to [[Etuabe]] on the shores of [[Mirror Lake]] while the main trail continued north through the [[giant]] kingdom of [[Kultaakarr]] and passed the [[Surykyk Range]]. This was where the route entered the Great Glacier as of the late 15{{th}} century.<ref name="DunMag.177-p81" />

The trail then ran northeast across the frigid and snowy region of [[Alpuk]], necessitating the crossing of the [[Makkorok Stream]], to arrive at the southern spur of [[Novularond]] and then traverse those mountains' central valley.<ref name="2e-atlas-6">{{Cite book/The Forgotten Realms Atlas|6,173}}</ref><ref name="GG-map">{{Cite book/The Great Glacier/Map}}</ref> From the northeast tip of Novularond, the trail continued through the [[Angalpuk]] basin, necessitating the crossing of the [[Forrok Stream]], and exited the Great Glacier by crossing the [[Angsaas Chain]] to arrive in [[Uldfest]] at the base of the [[Armridge Mountains]] in Sossal.<ref name="GG-map" /><ref name="2e-atlas-7">{{Cite book/The Forgotten Realms Atlas|7,175}}</ref>

===Geographical Features===
The Reach traversed some of the most unforgiving and harsh landscapes in all of [[Faerûn]]. In the south, even before entering the Great Glacier, the Cinnabar Wastes were cold and arid badlands<ref name="DunMag.177-p82">{{Cite dungeon/177/Realmslore: Vaasa|82}}</ref> and the passes through the Lugsaas Chain were known to be treacherous,<ref name="GG-84">{{Cite book/The Great Glacier|84}}</ref> especially the labyrinthine Ice Run prior to the 15{{Th}} century.<ref name="tBL-41">{{Cite book/The Bloodstone Lands|41}}</ref> The Glacier itself was a harsh arctic environment throughout both Alpuk and Analpuk,<ref name="GG-10-11">{{Cite book/The Great Glacier|10-11}}</ref> and crossing the regions' rivers was especially dangerous given the risk of falling through the ice and freezing to death.<ref name="GG-12-14">{{Cite book/The Great Glacier|12-14}}</ref> A brief respite from the cold was to be had as it passed through Novularond, which was fairly free of ice thanks to the preternaturally warm [[granite]] of the area, but which was otherwise bleak and barren.<ref name="GG-66">{{Cite book/The Great Glacier|66}}</ref>

== Appendix ==
===References===
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[[Category:Roads]]
[[Category:Trails]]
[[Category:Locations in Vaasa]]
[[Category:Locations in the Bloodstone Lands]]
[[Category:Locations in Sossal]]
[[Category:Locations in the Cold Lands]]
[[Category:Locations on the Great Glacier]]
[[Category:Locations in Alpuk]]
[[Category:Locations in Angalpuk]]
[[Category:Locations in the Novularond]]
[[Category:Locations in the Lugsaas Chain]]
[[Category:Locations in Northeast Faerûn]]
[[Category:Locations in Faerûn]]
[[Category:Locations on Toril]]
[[Category:Locations]]